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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marie Clements
Starring: Alyssa Wapanatâhk | Grace Dove | Karine Vanasse | Phillip Lewitski | Rémy Girard
Brett says: “Sometimes the power and outreach of an artistic venture is more important than the attempt to measure or ‘rate’ the art within. BONES OF CROWS is a timely piece that narrates intergenerational tragedy after tragedy among a family
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jack Doolan | Jorma Tommila | ksel Hennie | Mimosa Willamo | Onni Tommila
Brett says: “According to the film, SISU is a word that has no clear translation but one that reflects undeterred courage and determination when all hope is on the chopping block. This Finnish film from RARE EXPORTS director Jalmari Helander
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Elena López Riera
Starring: Alberto Olmo | Bárbara Lennie | Luna Pamiés | Nieve de Medina
Brett says: ” This first feature from director Elena López Riera is part fable within a fable in which a small Valencia village is ravaged by generational floods. The legend behind the floods framing the story within is tied to
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jay Burleson
Starring: Allison Shrum | Darius Willis | K.J. Baker | Kansas Bowling | Poppy Cunningham | Taylor Smith
“Slasher films are a dime a dozen, so when an authentic standout rears its intimidating, masked head lurking from the shadows, it would be … criminal not to give such a film(s) its proper due. “THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Marat Sarulu
Starring: Akmaral Uzbekova | Aziz Yusupov | Jyldyz Bekova | Kurmanbek Mamyrov | Meerim Atantaeva
Brett says: “A cryptic excerpt from a poem by W.H. Auden about Atlantis opens this equally dream-like film. The underwater isle of fantasy in this particular excerpt of the poem is described with a similar flair as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Barrett Burgin
Starring: Curt Doussett | Emily Marie Palmer | Jyllian Petrie | Mason D. Davis | Michael Flynn | Morgan Gunter
Brett says: “CRYO is a science-fiction psychological thriller that borrows tidbits from previous sci-fi films, but some of these borrowings fly under the mainstream radar. In this case, the sci-fi considerations are effective as ideas and setting components that accompany
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eric Pennycoff
Starring: Graham Skipper | Jeremy Gardner | Rigo Garay | Taylor Zaudtke
Brett says: “The horror Christmas movie tradition might bring to mind some cult classics like BLACK CHRISTMAS; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT; and RARE EXPORTS. It might be a bit too early to tell, but if given a fair shake and
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Eskil Vogt
Starring: Alva Brynsmo Ramstad | Ellen Dorrit Petersen | Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim | Morten Svartveit | Rakel Lenora Fløttum | Sam Ashraf
Brett says: “THE INNOCENTS is a film that see-saws back and forth with character-driven family drama and shocking kid-fueled horror/fantasy. The film’s primary focus is on a group of four Norwegian children who—through their own sets of circumstantial conflicts—have by-passed
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Alika Tengan
Starring: Jordan Cheng | Joshua Co | Lisette Marie Flanary | Reanna Barboza | Tyler Ebisuya
Chris says: “It feels too easy to label this as ‘Hawaiian Mumblecore’, even if that’s exactly what it is. The backstory is more interesting: Director Alika Tengan developed this around the real life circumstances of its star, Naz Kawakami, a
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Charlie McDowell
Starring: Jason Segel | Jesse Plemons | Lily Collins | Omar Leva
Diane says: “Jesse Plemons plays the opposite of his THE POWER OF THE DOG role—an obnoxious tech billionaire who lords it over his wife and staff. In this thriller, the couple is held hostage by a disgruntled average guy. Tone varies
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